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The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL). The club began play in 1903 as the Highlanders, after owners Frank Farrell and William S. Devery had bought the defunct Baltimore Orioles and moved the team to New York City ...
The 1998 Yankees are considered by some writers to be among the greatest teams in baseball history, [254] [255] [256] having compiled a then-AL record of 114 regular-season wins against 48 losses. After playoff series wins over the Texas Rangers and Indians, New York defeated the San Diego Padres in four consecutive World Series games for their ...
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
The Yankees also hold the record for most wins by a pennant-winning team, with their 1998 team winning 114 out of 162 games, [16] finishing 22 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. [17] The 1954 Cleveland Indians won the most games of any pennant winner under the pre-1969 system, winning 111 out of their 154 games [ 18 ] and finishing eight games ...
Also known as "the Bronx Bombers" and "the Pinstripers", [1] [2] the Yankees play in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL). In its 122 MLB seasons , the franchise has won 27 World Series championships, the most of any MLB team and 16 more than the second-place St. Louis Cardinals . [ 3 ]
The 1998 Yankees are widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history, compiling a record of 114–48, a then–AL record for the most wins in a season. [288] On May 17, 1998, David Wells pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins . [ 289 ]
American League Champion National League Champion World Series Champion 1950: New York Yankees: Philadelphia Phillies: New York Yankees 1951: New York Giants: New York Yankees 1952: Brooklyn Dodgers: New York Yankees 1953: New York Yankees 1954: Cleveland Indians: New York Giants: New York Giants 1955: New York Yankees: Brooklyn Dodgers
The National League’s 1916 New York Giants hold the record of winning 26 consecutive games. The longest American League winning streak is 22, by the 2017 Cleveland Indians . The longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all ...